119 Catalan entities participate in the I business forum Catalonia-Russia

Today Wednesday 31 October starts the first Fòrum Business Catalonia Rússia with a big success of participation. 119 companies and Catalan institutions of sectors so diverse like the environingingment, construction and real-estate, power, industry, agroalimentación, fashion or tourism, have confirmed his participation with the aim to improve, deepen and initiate new commercial relations with Russia.

Organised by the Consorci of the Frank Zone, through Barcelona Meeting Point, with the support of the Government of Catalonia and the collaboration of the Cambra of Comerç of Barcelona and of Foment of the Treball National, the Fòrum Business Catalonia Rússia will take place in the Hotel Ukraina Radisson Royal of Moscow (Russia) until the day 2 November. The president of the Government of Catalonia, Artur But, will head the delegation of Catalan companies in this multisectorial meeting, where is foreseen that it realise a general presentation of Catalonia in front of Russian employers, that will take place the Thursday 1 November. But it will chair the official inauguration of the Fòrum Business Catalonia Rússia and will be accompanied by Francesc Ore, conseller of Company and Occupation of the Government of Catalonia; Senén Florensa, secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Catalonia; Jordi Cornet, special delegate of the State in the Consorci of the Frank Zone of Barcelona; Miquel Valls, president of the Cambra of Comerç of Barcelona; Joaquim Gay of Montellá, president of Foment of the Treball National; Salvador Esteve, president of the Deputation of Barcelona; Jaume Torremadé, president of the Deputation of Gironinginga; Joan Reñé, president of the Deputation of Lleida; Josep Poblet, president of the Diputació of Tarragona; Joan gaspar, president of Turisme of Barcelona; Enrique Lacalle, president of the Fòrum Business Catalonia Rússia and of Barcelona Meeting Point; as well as the mayors of Badalona, Reus, Cambrils, Calella and Salou, presidents, advisers delegated and general directors of stood out Catalan companies.

The Fòrum Business Catalonia Rússia, that has the main sponsorship of Agbar and of Telefónica, is a multisectorial business meeting that offers the opportunity to the Catalan companies to improve, deepen and initiate commercial relations with Russia. This multisectorial business meeting will allow to the Catalan companies sell in Russia, do joint ventures with Russian companies and attract investments of this country in Catalonia. It is a mainly directed evento to the ‘B2B' (‘business to business'), where the key will be the expensive ‘presentations to expensive' between Catalan companies and Russian companies.

The Catalan companies participants in the Fòrum group in 4 clústers of activity: 1) environingingment-construction-power-industry, 2) agroalimentación, 3) design-fashion and 4) tourism.